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VOLUME 29 ISSUE 35 WHAT'S INSIDE World Nation: France seeks to shorten work week. Opinion: A Bud Lite night gone wrong. Life lines: Y2K Grammy nominees announced amid controversy. Sports: Men's basketball splits home series with CNCC and CEU. 'Marketplace: Classifieds with class. NETXNEWS wwri'imininiiiMMiii mi Dd you mss voicing your opinion about booting and towing in Provo and Orem? t's not too late! Come to SC 214 and tell us if you have been unfairly treated. VALLEY WEATHER BY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF MAH VAIII.Y STT1. COIIIX.F Today: mostly cloudy Higti -15 Low 27 WILL THE REAL WINNER V ' ' HITTIN' THE ROAD Wolverine basketball will face North Idaho and flicks College this week pg. 9 ni cure criun nni i i i . n Tuesday: y ' mostly doudy High 45 Low 26 Is! 1 Eminem one of many nam- 4 January 8, 2001 S-i Smm Wednesday: mostly cloudy High n Low 19 EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE "P'-p' y " P p v " J 0 ' fy (1. "M. w y Strike out! Hopes for si mew baseball fseldl haoltedl Local businessman backs out of a $750,000 donation due to insufficent funds By DANIELLE WHITE OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF OREM Dreams for a revoultionary baseball field will have to wait to materialize into a reali- NorthStar Properties owner Gary R. Brinton announced Friday that he will back out of a $750,000 contribution to the ballfield. UVSC Athletics Director Mike Jacobsen reportes that Brinton's annoncement comes after discovering the funding needed for the project escalated to over one-million dollars. "He (Brinton) is in a position where he wants it- .ViJC. ' ..n':," Jacobsen said. "(L s involved; however, in the search for finding another contributer and help us have the groundbreaking ready to go by June," he said. Brinton originally pledged the money in August 1999 saying he did it for the love of the game. "There just wasn't enough money to do the project," Brinton said. "We'd like to build the field. I think it fills a great need in the commu nity," he said. President Kerry D. Romesburg and Jacobsen both said that the said the demur was amicable and that they anticipate working with Brinton in the future. "It was as mutual agreement that the baseball field was not functional for us or him at this time," Jacobsen said. "We're going to just go in a different reaction with the expansion of the field," he said. Romesburg, who is currently out of town, issued a written statement in response to the averment. "He (Pri'nr''ri nrc1 tve agreed that it is in th? bsi inured ol buth ul us lor the college to tiy to locate another major donor for this project," he said. Brinton would have had naming rights. "Brinton came on early, even before we got our campaign underway, so people just assumed that we (the Athletics Department) had the money we needed but we need additional continued pg. 3 see "Baiifieid" 4- . . .- ..... t la j MATT BROWN THE COLLEGE TIMES Hit us, baby, one more time: UVSC returns to campaign trail to seek a new contributor lor baseball field expansion. Remembering King through Human Rights Day UVSC will commemorate Human Rights day , In honor of the late Reverend Dr. Martin LMher King Jr. today and tomorrow beginning at 8:00 a.m. Here, King stands In wake ot a photo of Ghandl whose non-violent methods of Initiating civil change Inspired King to da the same for ail races and ethnicities In America. "When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a note to which every American was to tall heir... We refuse to believe that the bank of Justice is bankrupt." Martin L King COURTESY LIFE MAGAZINE ?3 f V i J J i "X Inversion blankets Utah Valley TAMMT tWANKTHE COLLEGE TIMES The National Weather Service reports that nation's second coldest winter will bring more log. Bush refuses to apologize WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect George W. Bush will not apologize to the former Russian prime minister for alleging that he pocketed international aid, a spokesman said Friday. "The president-elect made his statement. He's a plainspoken man and we consider the matter to be dealt with. He has said what he thinks, "said press secretary Ari Fleischer. Fleischer was responding to a report by the Russian news agency Toss, in which a counselor to former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said representatives for the two politicians have been negotiating some sort of Bush statement of regret. Bush claimed during UVSC not second-rate By 0VILLA WILSON OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF The new trend in MBA schools is to require students to complete a semester working somewhere abroad, but you don't have to attend Harvard to intern with an international business. ; Former UVSC student, TJ Fund was fured by a management consultant firm based in Germany, with offices in Paris, after completing an internship with the company. Fund credits his success to his experience in the German and International Business programs here and his work on student council. He began his education with the intention to transfer to BYU, but because of his positive experience, Fund decided to stay. "I came here with the intention of going over and transferring to BYU, but coming and seeing all of the faculty getting really involved with the students I was really impressed. The faculty was supportive and then I got involved with student council. My experience here was really great," Fund said. Fund graduated from UVSC in April of 1999 with a degree in Internationalbusi-ncs-. Siiuv then In. has been working in Paris, first as an intern then as a full time employee. Other students who wish to major in international business, Fund says, should take at least one foreign language, macro and micro economics, and take a job tutoring. As a tutor you can have a flexible schedule, and it reinforces your basic knowledge. "People are very impressed when they v - x y MATT BR0WN.TKE COLLEGE TIMES hear than I'm American and I speak French and German because they have the idea, and rightly so, that Americans don't speak other languages," Fund said. "It costs really nothing to apply and the benefits are great international internships," said German professor Ruediger Lcnhart. "Internation.il internships are key to e.et;.;iu a iut.il n.li. Working with ih-international professors is key to success and not just after school or in your senior year," Lcnhart said. I enhart reported that last year several UVSC students were honored for achieving national excellence on language and international business tests. "Those tests are extrordinarily difficult and they excelled compctitivclv," he said. " Ihev are the best of the best nationally." Net Spot THE HOTTEST SPOTS IN: NewxPoTrtics youth vote2000.ornew5 www.lapdonline.com cnn.comALLPOUTIGmsn.com netxnews.netnews msnbc.comnewsdefault.asp Entertainment: utahvalleymall.com music.utah.edupagessche dules utahvalleymusic.com moviefone.com Olympics Online: www.saltlake2002.com www.olympic-usa.org www.olympic.org Student helps: makingcollegecount.com edu.com fastweb.com firetalk.com lycos.com Sports: uvsc.eduathletics nflfans.com nhl.coi" nfltalk.com espn.go.com nba.com I320kfan.com Service: unitedwayuc.org volunteer .umtedwayuc.org uvsc.eduldssa Independent voices seek to find local audience Several UVSC students collaborate to create tbeir ottm "idtm-conservative" independent campus netvspaper By DANIELLE Wrim OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF OREM CNN once coined the phrase "a jaugernaunt of emotion." And such appears to be the case with the Centurion, a newly released independent student newspaper. UVSC students Aaron Shinkle, Jon Mayne, Dori Grange and David Ray have collaborated to create the publication, in which they dub as "a paper dedicated to overcoming social and political ignorance." After distributing their product last Thursday through College Times news boxes, varying reactions have circulated the around the campus. "F'very student has a right to voice their opinions and we student government) encourage students to form opinions," said Bob Rasmusscn, director of student life and leadership. "They might have considered the ramfications of some of their aricles but It will be interesting to see how far it goes. Ve tend to see things like this surface every few years" he said. Centurion Fditor-in-chief Aaron Shinkle initiated the project in hopes to "expose the unrelenting bureaucratic stranglehold forced upon the students on UVSC campus." He reports that his staff is dedicated to addressing a call to arms and combat extreme liberalism that has allegedly hindered students' intellectual growth. "We, a student group of svriters, unanimously proclaim that student's opinions, positions, concerns ansd rights have, at times, been ignored or even sacrificed on behalf of educational diversity," said Jon Mayne, associate editor. "We are prepared for this war! May this be a warning to all faculty members and student organizations that indoctrinate.. ..may this be a battle cry or a trumpet sounding the charge of the conservative revolution," he said. Articles claiming that President Kerry D. Continued pg. 3 See "Centurion"

VOLUME 29 ISSUE 35 WHAT'S INSIDE World Nation: France seeks to shorten work week. Opinion: A Bud Lite night gone wrong. Life lines: Y2K Grammy nominees announced amid controversy. Sports: Men's basketball splits home series with CNCC and CEU. 'Marketplace: Classifieds with class. NETXNEWS wwri'imininiiiMMiii mi Dd you mss voicing your opinion about booting and towing in Provo and Orem? t's not too late! Come to SC 214 and tell us if you have been unfairly treated. VALLEY WEATHER BY AND FOR THE STUDENTS OF MAH VAIII.Y STT1. COIIIX.F Today: mostly cloudy Higti -15 Low 27 WILL THE REAL WINNER V ' ' HITTIN' THE ROAD Wolverine basketball will face North Idaho and flicks College this week pg. 9 ni cure criun nni i i i . n Tuesday: y ' mostly doudy High 45 Low 26 Is! 1 Eminem one of many nam- 4 January 8, 2001 S-i Smm Wednesday: mostly cloudy High n Low 19 EL BUEN PANO EN EL ARCA SE VENDE "P'-p' y " P p v " J 0 ' fy (1. "M. w y Strike out! Hopes for si mew baseball fseldl haoltedl Local businessman backs out of a $750,000 donation due to insufficent funds By DANIELLE WHITE OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF OREM Dreams for a revoultionary baseball field will have to wait to materialize into a reali- NorthStar Properties owner Gary R. Brinton announced Friday that he will back out of a $750,000 contribution to the ballfield. UVSC Athletics Director Mike Jacobsen reportes that Brinton's annoncement comes after discovering the funding needed for the project escalated to over one-million dollars. "He (Brinton) is in a position where he wants it- .ViJC. ' ..n':," Jacobsen said. "(L s involved; however, in the search for finding another contributer and help us have the groundbreaking ready to go by June," he said. Brinton originally pledged the money in August 1999 saying he did it for the love of the game. "There just wasn't enough money to do the project," Brinton said. "We'd like to build the field. I think it fills a great need in the commu nity," he said. President Kerry D. Romesburg and Jacobsen both said that the said the demur was amicable and that they anticipate working with Brinton in the future. "It was as mutual agreement that the baseball field was not functional for us or him at this time," Jacobsen said. "We're going to just go in a different reaction with the expansion of the field," he said. Romesburg, who is currently out of town, issued a written statement in response to the averment. "He (Pri'nr''ri nrc1 tve agreed that it is in th? bsi inured ol buth ul us lor the college to tiy to locate another major donor for this project," he said. Brinton would have had naming rights. "Brinton came on early, even before we got our campaign underway, so people just assumed that we (the Athletics Department) had the money we needed but we need additional continued pg. 3 see "Baiifieid" 4- . . .- ..... t la j MATT BROWN THE COLLEGE TIMES Hit us, baby, one more time: UVSC returns to campaign trail to seek a new contributor lor baseball field expansion. Remembering King through Human Rights Day UVSC will commemorate Human Rights day , In honor of the late Reverend Dr. Martin LMher King Jr. today and tomorrow beginning at 8:00 a.m. Here, King stands In wake ot a photo of Ghandl whose non-violent methods of Initiating civil change Inspired King to da the same for ail races and ethnicities In America. "When the architects of our republic wrote the magnificent words of the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence, they were signing a note to which every American was to tall heir... We refuse to believe that the bank of Justice is bankrupt." Martin L King COURTESY LIFE MAGAZINE ?3 f V i J J i "X Inversion blankets Utah Valley TAMMT tWANKTHE COLLEGE TIMES The National Weather Service reports that nation's second coldest winter will bring more log. Bush refuses to apologize WASHINGTON (AP) President-elect George W. Bush will not apologize to the former Russian prime minister for alleging that he pocketed international aid, a spokesman said Friday. "The president-elect made his statement. He's a plainspoken man and we consider the matter to be dealt with. He has said what he thinks, "said press secretary Ari Fleischer. Fleischer was responding to a report by the Russian news agency Toss, in which a counselor to former Prime Minister Viktor Chernomyrdin said representatives for the two politicians have been negotiating some sort of Bush statement of regret. Bush claimed during UVSC not second-rate By 0VILLA WILSON OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF The new trend in MBA schools is to require students to complete a semester working somewhere abroad, but you don't have to attend Harvard to intern with an international business. ; Former UVSC student, TJ Fund was fured by a management consultant firm based in Germany, with offices in Paris, after completing an internship with the company. Fund credits his success to his experience in the German and International Business programs here and his work on student council. He began his education with the intention to transfer to BYU, but because of his positive experience, Fund decided to stay. "I came here with the intention of going over and transferring to BYU, but coming and seeing all of the faculty getting really involved with the students I was really impressed. The faculty was supportive and then I got involved with student council. My experience here was really great," Fund said. Fund graduated from UVSC in April of 1999 with a degree in Internationalbusi-ncs-. Siiuv then In. has been working in Paris, first as an intern then as a full time employee. Other students who wish to major in international business, Fund says, should take at least one foreign language, macro and micro economics, and take a job tutoring. As a tutor you can have a flexible schedule, and it reinforces your basic knowledge. "People are very impressed when they v - x y MATT BR0WN.TKE COLLEGE TIMES hear than I'm American and I speak French and German because they have the idea, and rightly so, that Americans don't speak other languages," Fund said. "It costs really nothing to apply and the benefits are great international internships," said German professor Ruediger Lcnhart. "Internation.il internships are key to e.et;.;iu a iut.il n.li. Working with ih-international professors is key to success and not just after school or in your senior year," Lcnhart said. I enhart reported that last year several UVSC students were honored for achieving national excellence on language and international business tests. "Those tests are extrordinarily difficult and they excelled compctitivclv," he said. " Ihev are the best of the best nationally." Net Spot THE HOTTEST SPOTS IN: NewxPoTrtics youth vote2000.ornew5 www.lapdonline.com cnn.comALLPOUTIGmsn.com netxnews.netnews msnbc.comnewsdefault.asp Entertainment: utahvalleymall.com music.utah.edupagessche dules utahvalleymusic.com moviefone.com Olympics Online: www.saltlake2002.com www.olympic-usa.org www.olympic.org Student helps: makingcollegecount.com edu.com fastweb.com firetalk.com lycos.com Sports: uvsc.eduathletics nflfans.com nhl.coi" nfltalk.com espn.go.com nba.com I320kfan.com Service: unitedwayuc.org volunteer .umtedwayuc.org uvsc.eduldssa Independent voices seek to find local audience Several UVSC students collaborate to create tbeir ottm "idtm-conservative" independent campus netvspaper By DANIELLE Wrim OF THE NETXNEWS STAFF OREM CNN once coined the phrase "a jaugernaunt of emotion." And such appears to be the case with the Centurion, a newly released independent student newspaper. UVSC students Aaron Shinkle, Jon Mayne, Dori Grange and David Ray have collaborated to create the publication, in which they dub as "a paper dedicated to overcoming social and political ignorance." After distributing their product last Thursday through College Times news boxes, varying reactions have circulated the around the campus. "F'very student has a right to voice their opinions and we student government) encourage students to form opinions," said Bob Rasmusscn, director of student life and leadership. "They might have considered the ramfications of some of their aricles but It will be interesting to see how far it goes. Ve tend to see things like this surface every few years" he said. Centurion Fditor-in-chief Aaron Shinkle initiated the project in hopes to "expose the unrelenting bureaucratic stranglehold forced upon the students on UVSC campus." He reports that his staff is dedicated to addressing a call to arms and combat extreme liberalism that has allegedly hindered students' intellectual growth. "We, a student group of svriters, unanimously proclaim that student's opinions, positions, concerns ansd rights have, at times, been ignored or even sacrificed on behalf of educational diversity," said Jon Mayne, associate editor. "We are prepared for this war! May this be a warning to all faculty members and student organizations that indoctrinate.. ..may this be a battle cry or a trumpet sounding the charge of the conservative revolution," he said. Articles claiming that President Kerry D. Continued pg. 3 See "Centurion"